8 MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. I9II. 



the latter part of June, the branches containing grown larvae 

 and pupae were broken off by the wind, the break occurring 

 near the cell containing the insect. The larvae are white in 

 color. Adults were obtained about 2 weeks later. Lot 1229. 



Otiorhynchus sidcatus (Black vine weevil). 



This ; 'ies has been recorded by Professor Forbes, Mr. 

 Swartz, and also by Doctor Fletcher of Canada upon corn, ferns, 

 and the cyclamen. In March of this year Mr. Wm. Miller of 

 Bar Harbor sent in specimens for identification which were 

 said to be nibbling the flowers while the larvae were doing much 

 damage to the roots of cyclamen. As the species works by 

 night some difficulty was experienced in catching the culprits. 

 Lot 852. 



HYMENOPTERA. 



Lophyrus abietis (Fir Sawfly) 



This year there have been no complaints made to the Experi- 

 ment Station concerning this insect which for several seasons 

 has been so injurious to the firs in some parts of the State. 



Bniphytus canadensis (Violet sawfly). 



Some larvae answering Dr. Dyar's description of the above 

 mentioned species were found July 2 in Orono, feeding upon 

 pafisies. This insect has been reported from several northern 

 states and from Canada. In Bui. 27, n. s., U. S. Dept. Agri., 

 Div. Ent. p. 26, is given a full account of this pest. Lot 1236. 



Aiilax glechomae and Torymiis flavicoxa. 



Spherical galls were very common this summer upon plants of 

 Nepeta hederacea (Ground Ivy) which grow abundantly along 

 the roadsides near the University campus. The galls (Fig. 4) 

 which are usually green, though sometimes tinged with red and 

 yellow, were full grown by the end of July and by the middle of 

 September had become dry. They do not appear to differ from 

 Connold's figure in "British Vegetable Galls." The gall maker 

 is an Aulax in the sense of Kieffer (Genera Insectoriim) and 

 answers Cameron's description of A. glechomae in his "British 

 Phytophagous Hymenoptera," excepting that the abdomen is 

 imiformly dark brown and shining. Some plants with galls 



